Foam body, guinea hackle, lacquered pheasant shell back. My daughter shrieked and ran from the room when I showed it to her - PERFECT!
It'll fool a fish, I'm thinking!
Thanks for both, Jim.
Buggy is really the point, in my eyes. I watch the activity on the water, and I see the fish practically tripping over themselves to catch any flitting thing that comes near. This was really inspired by a leafhopper design I read about, one that used a shellac coated shellback.
But I already had this lacquered feather floating around the workbench; I'd been wondering what to do with it... So, I tinkered around with the proportions and a few materials and here we are.
Comment by jim cosgrove on August 14, 2014 at 10:41am
you have a talent for making things look "buggy"david.also sorry for your loss
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